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Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon warned Fiji's military commander against a coup after the commander said that the Pacific island nation could be sliding towards "bloodshed.
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Algerian rebels shot dead 8 soldiers in an ambush in the heaviest reported government losses for seven months in the north African country's lingering political violence.
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Authorities in Nigeria named Muhammadu Sada Abubakar III (50), an army colonel, as the country's top Muslim leader, replacing his brother Muhammadu Maccido, the Sultan of Sokoto, who died in a plane crash last weekend. Armed gunmen seized two expatriate oil workers, an American and a Briton, during a raid on a Norwegian oil services ship off Nigeria's southern coast.
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In the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta a car bomb exploded near the police chief's headquarters, killing two policemen and wounding four other people.
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The Jackson Pollock painting “No. 5 1948” was reportedly sold for a record $140 million. David Geffen, entertainment mogul sold the work to David Martinez, a Mexican financier.
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Hundreds of euro bills in Germany have mysteriously disintegrated in the last several months, apparently due to exposure to sulfuric acid.
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In Afghanistan a NATO airstrike in Helmand province killed nine militants and wounded 30. Militants attacked an Afghan army patrol in the eastern province of Laghman, killing one solider and injuring three. British Corporal Daniel James, an interpreter to Lieutenant General David Richards, allegedly passed secrets to "the enemy," believed to be Iran. James faced initial court proceedings in London in December. Richards was the commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1989 –
Katelyn Tarver, American singer
1989 –
Luke Schenn, Canadian hockey player
1988 –
Lindze Letherman, American actress (General Hospital)
1987 –
Danny Cipriani English rugby union player.
1986 –
Erika Jo, American musician
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Lara Sacher, Australian actress
1984 –
Julia Stegner, German supermodel
1984 –
Tamara Hope, Canadian actress
1982 –
Charles Itandje, French footballer
1982 –
Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress, model and singer
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November, 2
- Births
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2007,
Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978)
2007,
Witold Kieltyka, Polish metal drummer (Decapitated) (b. 1984)
2007,
Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (b. 1906)
2007,
Lillian Ellison, American professional wrestler (b. 1923)
2007,
Henry Cele, South African Actor (b. 1949)
2005,
Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian football player and coach (b. 1919)
2004,
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918)
2004,
Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957)
2004,
Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (b. 1951)
2003,
Frank McCloskey, American politician (b. 1939)
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November, 2
- Deaths
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